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Keeping your home free of foxes is what we will do for you.

Control using a combination of 3 different bait formulations and two types of traps.

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Guaranteed work, 22 years of experience working in and around the London area.

How to determine if you have Foxes in your home:

Droppings: Rat droppings are larger than mouse droppings. As a general rule a rat dropping is larger than a grain of rice.

Sighting: Usually you will not see rats. The visual evidence will be in the form of droppings, gnawed surfaces or food containers. They also leave a greasy/waxy like dark smudge on surfaces which they travel over or across.

Noise or Movement: Rats are generally active after dusk and before dawn. This is a distinguishing factor between squirrel and rat activity. Squirrels will usually be only heard in the early hours of the morning where as rats will be heard throughout the night. Additionally rats may be heard gnawing on structures where as this is not usually the case with mice or squirrels. The location of noise or activity is relevant in that rats will often be in confined spaces ie under floors or behind cupboards, squirrels rarely enter these kind of spaces and prefer roof spaces as a norm.

Drainage problems: In the majority of infestations Rats predominantly enter from defective drains. Rat activity in the drains often results in blockages or slow running facilities. We aim to solve the cause of the rat infestation providing a full CCTV/drainage service to survey and repair your drains if necessary. Common drain escape points for rats are from old gullies or previously external toilets which have been incorporated into an extension. Manholes which have been buried under the floor of extensions are often the source or point of rat escape.

Grease trails: usually noticeable on well-established infestations, rats deposit grease from their bodies on areas or structures that the pass over on a regular basis.

Foxes are pests that can cause unforeseen damage to your business. The urban fox is prevalent in London with approximately 28 foxes per square mile. They make their home on construction sites, with the mainstay of their diet being waste food from restaurants, takeaways, hotels, pubs and food-processing units. These organisations are being increasingly targeted by foxes.

Early detection by professionally trained and experienced APSL technicians plus a prompt, effective on-going management regime is the effective way to treat pest foxes, whether they are an occasional or regular nuisance. Call for qualified help at the first sighting of a fox on your premises or if you have evidence of a scavenging fox.

They may look attractive but foxes can wreak havoc in your premises:

Scavenging in rubbish, upturning bins and ripping open rubbish sacks, thereby leading to an increase in mice, rats and insect pests

They mark their territory with urine and droppings

They transmit disease; Toxocariasis being the most common.

The damage to your business

In recent months, growing public unease at the potential physical threat posed by foxes means that no business, especially one from the hospitality sector, can ignore a fox problem. There is a risk of negative reprisal from customers and pressure groups if you decide to have pest foxes culled. If this is a concern, we can offer many alternatives. You could be on the receiving end of health and safety fines and sanctions if you don’t tackle the problem of foxes scavenging through your rubbish.

APSL Pest Fox Management Treatment

Whilst it’s impossible to guarantee that your business will never be impacted by foxes, you can greatly reduce the risk with the APSL Power of 3™ protection programme:

A qualified APSL surveyor will undertake a thorough on-site inspection and you will receive a report detailing findings, the proposed treatment and fees. The latest treatments for foxes that are used by accredited APSL technicians are cost-effective and safe, posing no threat to humans or animals. If it is necessary to cull a fox, this will be carried out in a humane manner by a qualified APSL pest controller using approved and licensed techniques.

Before treatment, APSL will recommend that the affected areas are disinfected with a supplied disinfectant. Foxes mark the areas they frequent with their droppings and these can carry Toxocariasis. The treatment used by APSL can only be used by professional operatives with the appropriate application certification by Defra (the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs). Because foxes are reliant on their sense of smell, the dried deposits of the approved treatment emit a very unpleasant smell. Foxes associate this with the area and so move away. This aversion to the area persists even after the chemical has been washed away.

Management treatment is recommended; usually on a quarterly basis to prevent other foxes from inhabiting the previously treated area. In areas with a high density of foxes, your APSL technician will advise on the optimum management programme.

Best practice tips:

Make sure that all waste food is securely packaged and stored in bins that cannot be easily accessed or toppled over.

Never leave food uncovered either indoors or outdoors.

In outdoor eating areas make sure that all tables are cleared of leftovers and the floor is inspected and swept regularly. Scraps left under a table or on a plate could entice a fox. Don’t provide a regular source of food for them.

Be alert: brief all staff members to be vigilant and build daily spot checks into your cleaning programme. Don’t simply rely on scheduled visits from your APSL technician. If in doubt, request an unscheduled visit.

If your business is being affected by foxes contact APSL to arrange a visit from a professional APSL technician.

How we work for you:

1. Contacting APSL – Our office staff have field experience and knowledge, and thus are able to reassure and advise over the phone. They will email you an information sheet on mouse infestation, treatment and prevention.

2. Survey – Upon arrival, our technician will survey your complete property to determine the access points or areas. The technician will detail in his report any proofing or blocking of holes that needs to be done

3. Control and eradication internally – For indoor treatment we usually use 3 different formulations of bait and two types of traps, ensuring quick control is gained.

4. Control and eradication externally – Externally we use a combination of poison and traps. Poisons are placed in secure stations and locations to avoid contact with non-target species.

5. Proofing – If required, we proof access points using corrosion-resistant mice-proof materials. ( Note a mouse can get through a gap the size of a pencil.)

6. Guaranteed mouse control – our services are guaranteed to clear and prevent further infestation (the only exception would be if the infestation was arising from a neighbouring property to which we would not have access.)